Due to an unexpectedly high run on brochures at the Christening of the USS ZUMWALT (DDG-1000) on April 12, 2014, we have made it available on my website. For those of you interested in having a copy, please feel free to download.

These videos were prepared by the U.S. Navy at the request of the USS ZUMWALT’s Prospective Commanding Officer, Captain James Kirk.

Long Version:

The purpose of the longer video is to educate the ship’s crew about their ship’s namesake, hopefully instilling in each crew member an understanding of the importance in continuing his legacy by performing at the highest level of professionalism.

Short Version:

The shorter video is to educate civilian visitors to the ship on its namesake as well.

The Navy has named its newest class of destroyer after Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr.

The Zumwalt-class destroyer is designed as a multi-mission vessel, focusing on land attack. The lead ship, now under construction, is named USS Zumwalt and carries the hull number DDG-1000. Completion of USS Zumwalt is scheduled for 2013 with delivery in 2014. The USS Zumwalt Will Be Navy’s Biggest Destroyer

Two episodes of the popular CBS television show NCIS identified below have featured the USS ZUMWALT:

The ZUMWALT will displace more than 15,600 tons full load, bigger than most World War II heavy cruisers. Eighty feet wide with a draft of more than 27 feet, the ship’s turbine generators will produce 78 megawatts of power, one of the largest electrical loads ever put to sea. The ship’s integrated power system will allow much of that power to be directed as needed, perhaps to future laser or directed energy weapons.

The 900 ton deckhouse for the USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) being lifted into place at BIW on December 14, 2012.

The initial hull segment is completed on the first of three big warships named for a U.S. Navy trailblazer.

By DAVID SHARP The Associated Press

BATH – Two daughters and the son of the late Adm. Elmo “Bud” Zumwalt helped Bath Iron Works mark a milestone Thursday in construction of the largest ship to be built in more than two decades at the shipyard.